As referred to previously, it is likely that the FM provider (and other project parties, including funders and investors) will have their own corporate goals to achieve NZ targets. Any reductions in carbon for each individual project would go some way to supporting and achieving those goals and therefore the journey to NZ should be promoted as a partnership objective and an incentive to work together to achieve the NZ goals of all organisations. The involvement of all parties at an early stage should give all parties a sense of buy-in to the proposals which are eventually progressed, with the added benefits of being able to utilise NZ experiences from a wider group.
It is possible that some projects will be part of a wider portfolio of facilities and in these cases it is recommended that a portfolio-wide integrated energy strategy is considered. This can be helpful for installations such as wind or solar power, where the optimum location within the site can be utilised rather than limited to an individual building, thermal bore holes where the optimum locations can be identified for the bore holes and also waste management where the costs of additional waste segregation or on-site composting can be shared.